US Links Explosives Drone at Leipzig Airport to Moscow as NATO Attack Fears Rise
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Aug 8
US Links Explosives Drone at Leipzig Airport to Moscow as NATO Attack Fears Rise
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Aug 8
Summary
U.S. intelligence now believes the explosives-equipped drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport on Aug. 5 likely belonged to Moscow, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Semtex was reportedly attached to the modified drone discovered beside a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 carrying military ammunition from France, after flights were suspended overnight and another unidentified object hit an incoming DHL cargo plane.
German authorities are still investigating the second drone, while Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the airport episode a new “hybrid attack scenario” without publicly naming Russia.
The assessment adds weight to broader U.S. and European warnings that Putin could test a NATO country with a limited attack as early as this fall; multiple drones were also detected on Aug. 7 over a German base that services Patriot systems.